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🏆🌱 The Mangrove Photography Award winners have been announced this morning

Here’s some of our favourites

1 - Underwater category, Runner-up - The Silent Hunter by Valentina Cucchiara

2 - Mammals category, Winner - Where the Mangroves Begin by Kallol Mukherjee

3 - Other Species category, Runner-up - Blending into the Bark by Dmitry Ivanov

4 - Underwater category, Winner - Feeding Grounds Under the Canopy by Ewan Tregarot

5 - Mammals category, Highly commended - Sentinel of the Mangrove by Raj Hassanaly

6 - Mammals category, Highly commended - Dolphin Mud-ring Feeding: The Capture by Mark Ian Cook

7 - Young Photographer, Runner-up - Unblinking Watcher by Marcus Kuan

👉Head over to @mangrovephotographyawards for the full winners gallery

#mangrovephotographyawards #bbcwildlifemagazine #wildlifephotography by @bbcwildlifemagazine

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Photo of the Day: Indian scops owls in Bheemeshwari by @shutteredbysanjeev

To submit an image to our Photo of the Day, use the hashtag: #BBCWildlifePOTD

Find out more about our Photo of the Day, and our print photography competition, in the Contact Us section on our website (link in bio) by @bbcwildlifemagazine

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The Barbary lion originally lived across the breadth of North Africa between the Sahara desert and the Mediterranean sea. By the early 20th century it was limited to parts of Morocco and Algeria. Hunting, loss of prey species and human incursion and loss of habitat all contributed to the lion becoming limited to isolated pockets. Even after Marcelin Flandrin’s photo there were further sightings until the 1950s. It probably finally became extinct in the wild in the late 1950s or early 1960s. Barbary lions were distinct from the lions of the East and South African plains: larger, with long dark manes stretching back along their bodies and legs, with a large tail tuft and regal narrow nose and skull. This photo is of a captive Barbary lion in Algeria – showing some of their features. My latest article for the BBC tells the story of the Barbary lion. The article has just been released and is now available by just searching the BBC Wildlife Magazine channel in your Apple News app. Watch this space for more information about the remarkable Barbary lion. #lion #barbarylion #atlaslions #extinction by @bbcwildlifemagazine

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Photo of the Day: Dendrobates tinctorius photographed in French Guiana by @twins_wild_lens

To submit an image to our Photo of the Day, use the hashtag: #BBCWildlifePOTD

Find out more about our Photo of the Day, and our print photography competition, in the Contact Us section on our website (link in bio) by @bbcwildlifemagazine

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🐘 Our July issue features an incredible set of images by Suzi Eszterhas, who spent a year in Botswana’s Mashatu Game Reserve, also known as the land of the giants, to document the lives of elephant families

Herds like this are constantly on the move in search of fresh grazing and water. The adult females are fiercely protective of their calves, who have quickly learn to keep pace with the herd at only two days old

@suzieszterhas @mashatu_game_reserve

👉 Follow the link in our bio to get your copy and see the full feature

#BBCWildlifeMagazine #Elephants #Botswana #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography by @bbcwildlifemagazine

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🌿🦫What happens when nature is given the chance to take the lead?

In this episode of Wild Lives, we visit Nick Viney at Rewilding Coombeshead, where 400 acres of former farmland are being transformed into a thriving wild landscape. From beavers and wild cats to buffalo and white storks, discover how nature’s ecosystem engineers are bringing life back to the land.

@rewildingcoombeshead

🎧 Listen now via the link in our bio.

#Rewilding #WildlifePodcast #Beavers #BritishWildlife #WildLives

Nick Viney photo: groundswellag.com
Beavers footage and cover photo: Getty Images by @bbcwildlifemagazine

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Photo of the Day: Mauve stingers in Falmouth, Cornwall, UK by @stevensunderwater

To submit an image to our Photo of the Day, use the hashtag: #BBCWildlifePOTD

Find out more about our Photo of the Day, and our print photography competition, in the Contact Us section on our website (link in bio) by @bbcwildlifemagazine

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🐦‍⬛ A quick word from Sarah about our birding special … and did you know which bird is the LOUDEST on earth?

Get your copy today through the link in our bio

#bbcwildlifemagazine #hoopoe #birdphotography #wildlifemagazine by @bbcwildlifemagazine

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Photo of the Day: Stoats in Knaresborough, North Yorkshire by @alastairmarshphotography

To have your image featured in our Photo of the Day, use the hashtag #BBCWildlifePOTD

Find out more about our Photo of the Day, and our print photography competition, in the Contact Us section on our website (link in bio) by @bbcwildlifemagazine

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My cover story and 8-page feature for @bbcwildlifemagazine 💙

Maybe I’m a bit old school at heart, but there’s something really special about having your work in print…it allows people to slow down and engage more deeply with a story, away from the constant distractions and fast pace of stories on a screen.

I wrote this feature for the Spring 2026 issue, documenting the incredible work of @pipa_sobral, founder of @mantacatalogazores and an affiliate project of the @mantatrust. The article explores ongoing research and conservation efforts focused on devil rays in the Azores.

A huge thank you to the team at @bbcwildlifemagazine for giving this story a platform, to the contributing photographers whose work helped bring the feature together, and to the community of Santa Maria for their generosity and hospitality throughout the production.

🖊️📸 @jasminecorbettphoto (pages 1, 4–8)
 Additional photography: @leilascheltema, @joaovrodrigues_uw, @francobanfi, Catarina Fazenda, @nuno_vasco_rodrigues

#DevilRays #Azores #MarineResearch #OceanConservation taken in Santa Maria, Açores by @bbcwildlifemagazine

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Photo of the Day: A ruby-tailed wasp resting in a flower in Surrey, UK by @adam.ferry.photography

To submit an image to our Photo of the Day, use the hashtag: #BBCWildlifePOTD

Find out more about our Photo of the Day, and our print photography competition, in the Contact Us section on our website (link in bio) by @bbcwildlifemagazine

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Our June issue includes an incredible feature by Bella Falk on an isolated community of chimpanzees in Uganda’s remote Kyambura Gorge🌿

Pictured on slide 3 is Bella’s guide, Judith Nyamihanda from the Uganda Wildlife Authority

👉🏻 The full feature is available to read now in store and on AppleNews+

Credit: Bella Falk / Passport & Pixels

#bbcwildlifemagazine #ugandawildlife #chimpanzees by @bbcwildlifemagazine

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